December 12, 2012, 2:00 pm Las Vegas – Les Shepperson need not look far to be reminded what a gold buckle looks like. The 34-year-old steer wrestler’s father, Frank, won the world championship in that event in 1975 and might just be wearing that gold buckle in Las Vegas as you read this. In front of a sixth-round record-setting crowd [...] Read More
December 11, 2012, 10:34 am LAS VEGAS – Any more all-around world championships and Trevor Brazile will be forced to start counting with his toes. The Decatur, Texas, cowboy clinched his record 10th all-around gold buckle during the fifth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Monday night thanks to a third-place go-round finish in team roping. It’s Brazile’s [...] Read More
December 10, 2012, 12:11 pm LAS VEGAS – Winning back-to-back gold buckles is a feat in and of itself. In this era of ProRodeo, repeating as world champion after earning that title for the very first time is almost unheard of. Yet that’s what bareback rider Kaycee Feild and tie-down roper Tuf Cooper have their sights set on in 2012, [...] Read More
December 9, 2012, 11:39 am LAS VEGAS – A record crowd at the Thomas & Mack Center felt like it was seeing double. The 17,702 fans in attendance set a mark for the largest third-round crowd in Wrangler National Finals Rodeo history Saturday night, and Jesse and Jake Wright gave them something to cheer about by becoming the first twins [...] Read More
December 8, 2012, 11:19 am Steer wrestler Ethen Thouvenell and tie-down roper Justin Maass stood atop the world for the final seven months of ProRodeo’s regular season. After two nights at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, they both now have some catching up to do. See all the photo highlights from Round 2 >> Two-time World Steer Wrestling Champion Dean [...] Read More
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